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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

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Counsel for War Criminals

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 November 1945 · page 1

NUREMBURG, Wed.-- Grand Admiral Doenitz requested that he be defended at the war criminals' trial by the former legal officer of…

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North Dorrigo Welcome Home Friday, October 26

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 2

On Wednesday night last, a large crowd gathered at the School of Arts to welcome home ex prisoners-of-war Carl Martin and Jack Ravenscroft…

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Repat. Committee Formed Land in Dorrigo-ebor Districts Suitable for Soldier Settlement Officials and Executive Appointed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 November 1945 · page 1

At a public meeting held in the Memorial Hall on Monday evening, a Repatriation Committee, to serve the Dorrigo district,…

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Returned Yamba Men Welcomed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 November 1945 · page 2

Organised by the Citizens' Welcome Home Committee welcome home function was tendered to four returned…

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Scars of War in Tokio

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 November 1945 · page 1

The scars of war are still very evident in Tokio…

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Welcome Home At Coramba

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 2

A welcome was extended to several returned members of the services at the School of Arts, Coramba…

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Hungary's First War Crimes Trial

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 1

BUDAPEST, Sun.--"I accept the sentence and demand immediate execution. I beg no mercy," declared the former…

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To End War in North China

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 1

CHUNGKING, Sunday.--Four "concrete" proposals which the Chinese Central Government has submitted to Communist headquarters in Yenan to bring about an immediate cessation of hostilities in North China were announced last night by the…

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Dutch Soldiers Reach Australia

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--One thousand six hundred Dutch soldiers arrived in Sydney to-day by the Stirling Castle…

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Indian Seamen Threatened by Dutch Soldier

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 November 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Indian seamen in Sydney were threatened by a Dutch soldier armed with a tommy gun, in an effort to make…

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Welcome Home At Copmanhurst

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 November 1945 · page 2

A record number of people attended the Upper Copmanhurst Hall for the recent welcome home tendered to former prisoners of…

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Twenty-Three Returned Men Welcomed At South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 November 1945 · page 2

Repatriation was the subject chosen by the majority of speakers at a public welcome home tendered to 23 returned Service personnel, many of them ex-prisoners of war, in Skinner street, South Grafton, and later at the South Grafton School of…

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Signpost To Future War

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 November 1945 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Mon.--Australia's future is directly involved in the outcome of the present situation in Java…

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Trials of Jap War Criminals

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 November 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon.--The trials of many Japanese war criminals were expected to begin in the near future, Mr. Justice Mansfield…

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Harwood Soldier Describes Jap Prison Camps

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 November 1945 · page 2

Cpl. Clive Carr, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Carr, of Martin's Point, Harwood Island, was a prisoner of war in Japanese…

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Hirohito Tops Chinese War Criminal List

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 November 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--To-day Emperor Hirohito is No. 1 on the list of 300 Japanese sought by the Chinese as war criminals. The list, which also includes…

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Returned Soldier Welcomed At Harwood Island

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 November 1945 · page 4

A welcome home was given to Private V. W. L. Jones in the Water Brigade Hal! at Harwood Island…

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Civil War Threat in China

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 November 1945 · page 3

When Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek on August 15, 1945, told the Chinese people of Japan's unconditional surrender he said: "I urge all our friends of the Allied nations and all my own countrymen to face the fact that the peace we have…

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War Crime Trials Will Begin Soon

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 November 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE. Wed.--The first of the Australian trials of Japanese accused of war crimes is expected to begin in Borneo about…

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Three Wounded In Street Brawl

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 November 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.--A policeman and two civilians were shot when a revolver was accidentally discharged during a brawl near…

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